Dental-floss holder.



Jl P. DE LEAU.

DENTAL F.LOSS HOLDER.

APPLICATION mib MAR. 3l, 1915.

1,171,177. vPatented F6b.8,1916.

WIT/VES' s y v mja JOE ai@ /zfmy pose, and cut oii'1 by means of acutting blade, preferably V-shaped, shown at 25, Figs. a and 5,projecting from the disk 16; the arms ll and l2 may now be forced towardeach other manually, thereby disengaging the plates 13 from the clips 9,and the capireversed into the position shown in Fig. 2, the device nowbeing ready for storage, as in a pocket or the like.`

It will thus be seen that I provide a container for dental floss whereinsaid oss is Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the class described, comprising a container for a supplyof dental thread, a cap adapted to be reversed there on, means forholding said cap in place, two arms in pivotal connection with saidcontainer, a plate on each arm engaged by the respective cap holdingmeans when said cap is removed therefrom, one of said arms being tubularto permitvthe passage of said thread therethrough, and means for holdinga length of said thread between said arms under tension in position foruse. v

2. A device of the class described, comprising a tube, a removable captherefor, a vial in said tube, adapted to contain a supply of dentalthread, two arms in pivotal connection with said tube through one ofwhich said thread is passed, means fol holding said arms in spreadpositions, and means for detachably holding the end of said thread onthe other of said arms.

3. A device of the class described, coniprising a tube, a removable captherefor, a vial in said tube, adapted to contain a supply of dentalthread, two arms in pivotal connection with said tube and through one ofwhich said thread is passed, means for holding said arms in spreadpositions, means for clamping said thread in the arm through which it ispassed, and means for detachably holding the end of said thread on theother of said arms.

4. A device of the class described, comprising a container forv a supplyof dental thread, a cap adapted to be reversed thereon, means forholding said cap in place, two arms in pivotal connection with saidcontainer, a plate on each arm engaged by the respective cap holdingmeans and jointlyr forming a. cover for said container when said cap isreversed, one of said arms being tubular to permit the passage of saidthread, and means for tensionally holding a portion of said threadbetween the outer ends of said arms.

In testimony whereof IV have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

R. W. BENNETT, I-I. VL. ANDnRsoN.

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Washington, D. C.

